Friday 4/12/13

Next weekend sees the return of Cyclivia when Venice Boulevard will be closed to cars and open to bicycles from downtown to the beach!
http://www.ciclavia.org/events/676/to-the-sea/681/about

Barron vs Dog on Judge Alex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frDZI6Wka4

What if animals ate fast food:

The new Wilheln scream:

Quick crew Asian concept:

Friday 3/1/13

The annual TED conference is on this week and ideas worth spreading are plentiful. Here's a couple of quick picks.

Kid President has a pep talk for us:

Marco Tempest tells us about the rise and fall of Nikola Tesla:
http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_electric_rise_and_fall_of_nikola_tesla.html

Friday 2/22/13

Fifty years ago, Harold Edgerton took a photo of a bullet passing through an apple using super high speed photography.

Since then, femto photography has been developed that allows for cameras to record at 1 billion frames per second allowing packets photons to be seen travelling. This opens up some new and exciting possibilities.
http://www.techi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Harold-Edgerton-Bullet-Image.jpg

Friday 2/8/13

This week we turned the floor over to Tommy for his last day. He introduced us to his website with some exerts from a book he is working on and read some flash fiction.
http://fictionmostly.com/

Friday 1/25/13

Drive Thru Invisible Prank:

NFL: bad lip reading:

Bored of your in flight safety video? Air New Zealand is capitalising on the Hobbit.

And finally, some words of inspiration about success:

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html

Friday 1/11/13

It's that time of year again when Oscar nominees are announced. My favourite category being the animated shorts. This week featured a selection of previews from the top runners.

Adam and Dog:
http://vimeo.com/34849443

Fresh Guacamole:

The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare (click "Watch Trailer"):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2175842/

Head Over Heels:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2391009/

Disney's Paperman:

Friday 1/4/13

Got some new years resolutions? Make a list. See other people who share your goals. See how they did it. Tell others how you did it:
http://www.43things.com/

Scary snowman prank.

Tim Green has recently been working on a project at the Los Angeles Children's Hospital call Breath Giving Portraits. Check out the video of the work or talk to Tim for more information on future projects: